Job 21:28
What does Job 21:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 21:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
KJV
King James Version · 1611For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For ye say, `Where <FI>is<Fi> the house of the noble? And where the tent--The tabernacles of the wicked?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 52:5
God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah
- Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
- Numbers 16:26
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
- Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
- Job 8:22
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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